Complaint Opinion 19-12

Date

02/12/2020

Number

2019 – No. 12

Topic

Campaign Violation

Respondent

House Democratic Caucus

Question/Complaint

Did the HDC violate RCW 42.52.180 by including in its daily media clips a link to an article reporting scorecard ratings issued by NARAL to local legislators contrary to an Ethics Alert issued in September 2019?

Summary

No. There is a distinct difference between posting the actual scorecard on an official legislative website, social media account or in a publication and including a link, among many other links, in the daily media clips to an article about the scorecard.

Document

ETHICSCOM2019.12 (PDF 133.22 Kilobytes)